Edit Me - Week 6

Original

Edited

The picture for this week's 'Edit Me' challenge is from Vic at 'A Cup of Freck'.

I had a lot of fun editing this picture once I got into it. At first, it seemed kind of plain, but I wanted to give it some more personality.  In picnik, I sharpened and cropped it, then I used the HSL filter to make the midground leaves greener (the left side leaves less blue, the right side leaf less green).  I added the white semi-transparent border, gave it a sepia tone, a light lomo effect, and finished with a tiny bit of the 'cross process' effect.  I'm pretty happy with it. :)

Edit Me - Week 5

Original Version

This photo is from Keara @ Now I Know What Life is All About. 

Thanks to her for providing this week's 'Edit Me' challenge!

My Edited Version

This is my edited version of this week's photo challenge. It was pretty enjoyable to edit! I wanted to give the photo a softer feel, overall.

I started in picnik with regular editing (straightening the picture, adjusting contrast, exposure, etc.). Next I searched for some 'artsty' effects, and came across befunky.com and applied an oil painting effect (I think!). Finally, I wound up in fotoflexer (since I'm not sure if picnik does layering), layered the over-the-top-artsy picture on top of my first edit, and reduced it's opacity. I re-added the sky as a third layer (on top) to maintain it's blue color since it had become overly washed out with the other editing.  Seems like everyone else has some fun edits posted already, too!! {Click the button to check 'em out!}

Edit Me - Week 4

Original

My edited version

{note: click the picture to see a larger version}

The quote says: "There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer." -Ansel Adams 

This photograph seemed like a blank canvas that I could do almost anything with, from the beginning.  I straightened, sharpened, and brightened it a bit.  I really wanted to do something with the space on the right, so I found a quotation that would look nice in the upper right corner.  I didn't want to disturb the clarity of the clouds or the water tower, so I mostly left those alone.  The overlayed stamps were put in each of the corners, and then blurred the edges.

I'm really having fun with these 'Edit Me' challenges.  I didn't have much to post yesterday, so I was looking forward to a new picture to edit today!

Since I'm posting this fairly early, I still have time to get some studying in since I woke up at 5:45 this morning. Nice 'n early.  There's a "pop quiz" this morning, so anyone who's habitually late to class will miss it {not me!} ...I'm always early since I can never understand why sometimes it takes me 10 minutes to drive 10 miles and other times it takes 20-25 minutes. Traffic is weird.

Have a lovely Wednesday, everyone!

Edit Me - Week 3

Original Photo

Photo with my Edits

This week's 'Edit Me!' picture proved more difficult than last week's picture, just since I wasn't quite sure where to start with it.  Black and white seemed like an interesting option, but I liked the color in the background too much to fade it away.  I usually like to do funkier edits, but I figured I should preserve the detail in the face.  I crystallized the background, gave it a boost of color, and added the border.

That's the end of my study break...  So, no posts tomorrow- and wish me luck studying!  By then, hopefully I'm an expert at the central and peripheral nervous systems. My neurons will be ready to take a break from firing so much, by Friday afternoon. - har har har!http://www.myreflectionofsomething.net/2011/06/edit-me-week-3.html

Edit Me - Week 2

Before

After

The 'after' is my edit for the 'Edit Me' challenge.  I started in picnik by intensifying the sky and grass by tinting them each blue and green, respectively.  After I did that, I have used the HDR effect to intensify the lines and colors, and then I used hex cells to tone it down and blur it a bit.  Next, I softened it using fotoflexer and made it slightly transparent on top of the original version.  I intensified the colors again, and I think that's about it. 

Touch Up Tuesday: Guitar

Before

After

Edit: Usually I use picnik.com, but thought I'd switch it up a bit and instead used the 'Pop-Art' feature from FotoFlexer.com.  I added the border, increased the contrast, and decreased the saturation since I thought it ran through a little too bright.  It doesn't really look like the original, but I think it's more fun. :)

Linking up with Paper<3Camera for Touch Up Tuesday.

Show and Tell Challenge: Silhouette

Show:

Tell: The Mr. was waiting for me -patiently, as usual- in front of the frosted door in the efficiency.  The lights were off since we were getting ready to leave, and I got the idea to stick a hat on him and take this picture. He was even okay with the fact that I had to take the time to find my camera, which is never in the same spot twice. I probably over-processed the picture, but I think it looks like those leaning cowboy things (not sure what they're actually called) that people put outside.

(This is my first attempt at a link-up, so I'll see how this goes! )